Combination gear and ignition switch lock



ABACHLE Filed June 25, 1923 y @MW June 9, 1925.

COMBINATION GEAR AND GNITIoN swTcH LOCK Patented June 9, 1925.

UNITED STATESv ANDREW BACHLE, OF DETBOIT, MICHIGAN.

QOMBINATION GEAR AND IGNITION SWITCH LOCK.

Application led .Tune 25, 1923. Serial No. 647,737.

To all whom 'it may comer/1..'

Be it known that I, `ANDREW BAC-ELE, a4

citizen of the United States of America, i residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conibination Gear and Ignition Switch Locks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the acconr panying drawings;

The invention relates to combination gea and ignition switch locks and is particularly applicable to motor vehicles for locking the shift lever controlling the change speed gearing and also breaking the ignition circuit. One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a reciprocable plunger for locking the gear shift lever. a reciprocable plunger controllingthe opening and closing pin carried by the shift lever and engageable with the plungers for alternatively actuatingr the same.

Another object is the provision of a lever 'having aspherical bearing member with 'a transverse opening therein. a support having a spherical socket engageable in by the spherical bearing member` a spring pressed plunger engageable in the transverse open ing for locking the lever. :in electric switch including a spring pressed plunger also engageable in the transverse opening, and a reciprocable pin in the transverse opening and engageable with the plungers for alternatively actuating the same.

Further objects of the invention residel in the novel features yotronstruction und rfnnbinations and arrangements o'l parts as more 'fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings:

Figure .l partlv in elevation through a construction embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a cross section on .2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a similar' view showing the parts in diflerent position of adjustment,

1 is the upwardly extending support upon the cover of tbe change speed gearing housing and Q is the hand operated shift lever innert-cd upon the aciuntr ho reci," .im 4'de sl'iifter rods of the change speed geur i the usual manner. The shift lever provided with the spherical bearing member mounted in the spherical socket 4 of the support.

of the ignition circuit, and a reeiprocable is a central vertical section the line `uoport 1 'and adapted to 5 is a transversediametrically extending opening in the sphericallbearin member 3 and extending parallel to the s ifter rods. 6 is a reci rocable plunger engageablein the -forwar end of the opening 5 to lock the shift lever wherein7 it is held from actuat? ing the shifter rods. This plunger is slid,

ably mounted in the boss 7 at the front I.of the support 1 and isy yieldably forced into the'opening 5 by the coil spring 8 which extends into the plunger.

10 is the electric switch controlling the ignition circuit of the motor vehicle engine. This switch is inclosed within the housing v11, which is preferablyformed of insulating material and is secured to the rear side of the support 1. 12 and 13 are terminals of the switch. adapted to be electricallycon nected .by the bridge 14.- ormed of*l a flat spring adapted to contact therewith. This bridge is secured to the reciprocable plunger 15 slidably mounted in thev bushing 16, which is carried upon the support 1, and engageable in the rear end ofthe transverse opening 5 in the spherical bearin member 3. The coil spring 17 yieldably gol-ces the plunger 15 intov the transverse openingin the spherical bearing-member, the arrangement being such that when the plunger is located in the rear end of the transverse opening,l the .terminals 12 and 13 are electrically connected bythe bridge 14 and the ignition circuit is made. To permit of the recess 9 formed in theA lll) necessary rocking movement of the shift lever 2 when the plunger 15 is in engagement with the rear end of the transverse opening in the spherical bearing nlember olf' the shift lever-the rear end 1of the transverse opening is enlarged vertically at 18 as by forming a slot in the spherical bearing member.

For the purpose of automatically breaking the ignition Ycircuit and locking the shift lever and for the purpose of unlocking the shift lever and automatically making the ignition circuit,I have provided. the reciprocable pin 19 in *the transverse opening 5 and between the plungers 6 and 15, this pin having rounded ends and havina 'in its upper surface the slot 2O engageab e in by the eccentric or cam portion 21 'of the operating cam 22 which is rotatable to recipro'cate the pin 19 in opposite directions` to alternatively aetuate the plungers. "The pin |19' is held from rotation in the transvcarried y w carried by the support, an electricyeqptwt' lever and cause the contact member rto engage said terminals.

11. The combination with a support, and u lever having a bearing member adjustably mounted in said support, of a plunger car ried by 'the pport engageuble with the lever' to lock 'the same, yieldable means for actuatin said plunger, a second plunger y tbe.support, electric terminals member carried by the second plunger engageable `with said terminals, yieldable means for actuating thesecond plunger, and means carried by said lever between said plungers for moving the same' against the 15 yieldable means aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ANDREW 

